FULLY vaccinated foreign tourists are exempt from the arrivals cap currently being implemented at the Philippines’s premier gateway. This as the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) informed the foreign and local carriers that “international inbound arrivals at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) shall be increased to a maximum of 5,000…
NOW it’s “Massage Girl.” Another woman was caught skipping government’s mandatory quarantine procedures, and instead went home to her condominium unit and called for a home-service massage, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat. Speaking to CNN Philippines’s The Source, she said, “After this incident (Gwyneth Ann Chua and Berjaya…
BALIKBAYANS (homecoming Filipinos) are expected to continue arriving in the Philippines despite the discovery of a new, more infectious Covid-19 variant dubbed “omicron.” This developed even as the planned entry of vaccinated leisure tourists from Green List countries has been put on the back burner as the Cabinet-level Inter-Agency Task…
TOURISM stakeholders are urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to increase the number of accredited health facilities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) to fast-track the Covid-testing of arriving balikbayans (homecoming Filipinos). Tourism Congress of the Philippines President Jose C. Clemente III told the BusinessMirror he made this request…
Cebu Pacific extends until October 31 its free Test Before Boarding (TBB) program for passengers bound for Hong Kong, as part of the airline’s multi-layered approach to ensure customers could fly safely. Passengers are advised to directly proceed to the Philippine Airport Diagnostic Laboratory (PADLAB) located at the second floor, NAIA Terminal 3 pre-departure area (near Gate 6),…